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_2020-12-09
The Macau economy is expected to grow by some 35 percent in 2021, following a 50 percent contraction in 2020, ratings agency Fitch Ratings indicated in a report.

_2020-11-03
Asia Gaming Brief asia editor Felix Ng explores the data coming out of the latest IMF World Economic Outlook Report, focusing on the GDP growth trajectory among Asia's key gaming jurisdictions and tourist source markets.

_2020-08-23
Macau’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 67.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020, according to the Statistics and Census Bure

_2019-11-21
The Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday that gaming and junket businesses now produced 50.5 percent of Macau gross domestic product (GDP) at producers’ prices.

_2018-11-22
The Southeast Asia internet economy is set to reach over $240 billion by 2025, driven by a highly engaged internet user base, according to a report fr

_2018-11-21
Macau recorded a 1.6 percent increase in GDP in the third quarter of 2018, with slower paced growth due mainly to a slowdown in growth in exports of s

_2018-08-27
Macau gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.6 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2018, driven by increased exports of gaming and tourism servi

_2017-02-26
Fitch Ratings is expecting Macau’s GDP to grow 2.5 percent in 2017, supported by improving gaming revenues from new resort openings. In a note on Mo

_2016-08-30
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) slumped 7.1 percent for the second quarter of the year, according to the latest data released by the Statistics

_2016-08-02
Macau’s economic contraction may be bottoming out as the gaming industry begins to stabilize, says the Monetary Authority of Macau in its latest qua

_2016-06-20
Macau’s real GDP will contract by 5.9 percent this year, said the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in a report published on Monday. “We continue

_2016-05-30
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 13.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, according to the latest data from the Statistics and

_2016-03-13
Moody's Investors Service says it will be reviewing Macau’s Aa2 government issuer rating, with the view to lower it due to declining gaming revenues

_2016-03-10
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Macau’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'AA-' with a Stable Outlook, according to

_2016-03-02
Macau’s fourth quarter GDP fell 14.4 percent in 2015, caused by the continuous decline of inbound tourism and gaming services due to China’s anti-

_2015-11-23
If smoking lounges in Macau casinos are retained the city’s GDP may only decrease by 0.71 percent compared with a potential decline of 16 percent if

_2015-09-05
Fitch Ratings expects Macau's economy to shrink by 16 percent year-on-year in real terms in 2015 after a 15Q2 GDP quarter-on-quarter decline of 6.4 pe

_2015-07-26
Macau’s Monetary Authority predicts the economy will contract by around 15 percent this year, following a 24.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP)

_2015-07-07
Macau was the top-performing metropolitan economy in Asia-Pacific in 2014, according to a survey by the Washington-based Brookings Institution. The ci